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The Traveling Life
BASILE: My (big) easiest destination choice: New Orleans
April 27, 2013
Frank BasileI have been remiss in not writing anything about a prime tourist destination—and my hometown—New Orleans. Correction
time
MoreTRAVEL: For best experience, go with no reservations
December 29, 2012
Frank BasileLike most of our trips, the only reservations we made were for the flights.
MoreBASILE: In Houston, a megachurch offered a practical message
October 27, 2012
Frank BasileAs a professional speaker myself, I could appreciate his pacing and understated gestures.
MoreBASILE: Glad to say goodbye to Kaliningrad
July 28, 2012
Frank BasileTwo Russian policemen approached me and asked to see my “papers.” After a cursory look, they escorted me into
a small cinder block “interrogation” room, which could barely contain the three of us and my backpack.
MoreTRAVEL: Learning about roots makes Sicilian sojourn worthwhile
April 28, 2012
Frank BasileThe only information we had about my ancestral family on my father’s side was a baptismal certificate for my paternal
grandmother. It said she was baptized in a town called Alia.
MoreTRAVEL: Surprise! Carmel has turned into a place I'd like to visit
January 28, 2012
Frank BasileOver the past few months, we’ve fallen in love with a charming city just a few miles north of our Indianapolis home.
MoreTRAVEL: Gambling on wedded bliss in Las Vegas
October 29, 2011
Frank BasileWe did not want a traditional wedding. So we went to the traditional home of non-traditional nuptials.
MoreTRAVEL: Overcoming Olympic travel hurdles in Greece
September 17, 2011
Frank BasileHow a tour guide named Poopie kept an accident from turning into a traveller's nightmare.
MoreTRAVEL: Heading south of the border again and again
August 27, 2011
Frank BasileKatrina and I have made more trips (10) to Mexico and traveled to more cities and towns there (35) than we have to any other
foreign country in the last 12 years.
MoreBASILE: Navigating South America proves challenging
May 28, 2011
Frank BasileGuyana, Suriname and French Guiana are connected to South America by land and little else.
MoreFrank's rules of travel
March 12, 2011
Frank BasileFollowing these guidelines can make for a better vacation
MoreBASILE: Your personal history can be highlight of a trip
November 27, 2010
Frank BasileThese days, it’s easier than ever to reconnect with important people online. But face-to-face is still far better than
Facebook when it comes to telling someone how important he or she was in shaping the person you’ve become.
MoreBASILE: For an in-state outing, you can bank on Wabash
August 28, 2010
Frank BasileInstead of writing about some international location this time around,
I thought I’d rediscover something near home: Wabash, southwest of Fort Wayne.
MoreBASILE: Greenland has little dramatic history ... or greenery
May 29, 2010
Frank BasileThe highlight of the trip: the inspiring ice fields of Ilulissat.
MoreBASILE: Three lessons from a harrowing trip to Paraguay
March 27, 2010
Frank BasileOur trip to Uruguay and Paraguay did not get off to a good start. And it went downhill from there.
MoreBASILE: Building memories by booking it to presidential libraries
November 28, 2009
Frank BasileUntil the first George Bush opens his presidential library, I've seen them all.
MoreBASILE: PBS film could return national parks to national discourse
September 26, 2009
Frank BasileOne of the best things our government ever did was to set aside land for national parks and to keep each in pristine condition
while making them accessible for people to visit. Each is different and has its own unique setting and breathtaking beauty.
MoreBASILE: When cruising Antarctica, comfort isn't first priority
August 29, 2009
Frank BasileThere are cruises to the Antarctic in large luxury ships that go near the islands—close enough to afford
magnificent views. But those ships are too big to get close enough to go ashore.
MoreBASILE: Following in the footsteps of Darwin in the Galapagos
June 29, 2009
Frank BasileThere's nothing like following the wildly influential thinker Charles Darwin's own footsteps, which I
had the pleasure of doing by visiting the beautiful, mysterious, isolated and enchanted Galapagos Islands.
MoreIran: A peaceful sojourn into the 'Axis of Evil'
May 18, 2009
Frank BasileIran is a magnificent and historically important country. It contains nine World Historical Sites as designated by UNESCO.
Only 20 countriesâ??including Greece, China and Italyâ??have more.
MoreA Persian Gulf excursion gives hint of locals' opinions of America
April 20, 2009
Frank BasileThroughout our visit to five countries in the Mideast, we found the people friendly and helpful.It is not our purpose on these
trips to argue with the locals or try to convert them to our way of thinking, but simply to learn about them, their culture
and ideas.
MoreRail bonding: Train trips aren't just a thing of the past
March 30, 2009
Frank BasileTrain travel is not only a thing of the past—it's also a thing of the present.
MoreTaking a sightseeing vacation ... right here in Indy
December 29, 2008
Frank BasileFor eight years, we'd gone out of town for the holidays. But in this particular year not too long ago it looked like we had
no choice but to stay put. So we decided to do the same thing here that we would have done in Utah—sightsee.
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First, the Athenaeum is going to have to get past the hurdle with the Lockerbie residents and the agreement that the parcel would be residential. Second, and in my opinion, this prime piece of property should include parking, PLUS, a black box theater(s), some market rate and affordable artist housing and a plan to renovate and reconfigure the second story theater. I would negotiate to add the DeHaan property surface parking lot into the development mix, place a one story surface parking garage on the DeHaan lot on the street level (for the Dehaan tenants use during the daytime) and add a second story to the garage that would become an addition to the current second story theater and then change the direction of the theater by moving the stage across the alley and on top of the DeHaan lot parking. You can add all the stage elements that are currently missing from the Athenaeum stage to make it more attractive for use by Ballet, Opera and traveling productions. Plus, the theater changes would probably help solve some of the soundproofing issues. Alas,it does not seem to be a part of the strategic plan to conduct a study to determine best use of the property. Seems like the current plan is a quick and easy move that ignores the property best use/potential and any strategic property planning for the effect on future generations.
I recall that MSA's pilings are still in the ground and hard to remove. It’s not likely any proposal will include significant underground construction/parking because of this. Start adding 2 floors of retail, 8 floors of parking and 5-10 floors of possible hotel, and/or 10-20 floors of residential, and you are at 30 floors already with possible expansion of all the uses. But then again I could be wrong.
Accoriding to their website there is no deadline to the Do Not Call list. What is this article referring to??
On what planet are they entitled to this largesse from the stockholders? These people make multi-million dollar salaries: Pay for your own personal travel.
It matters because they're already paid enormously fat salaries: Pay for your own personal travel. Being "taxed on it" isn't a valid excuse--so what? They're still being gifted a raft of luxury perks from somebody else's money on top of an enormous, lavish salary.